Who knows the real reasons why he wanted to “move on”, but, it’s not as if moving on from Jones has been all that great for the CBJ either.
CHI should have been in a better position to win games before dealing so many “futures” for Jones, but, there seems to be mostly biased and unrealistic evaluations regarding the impact Jones makes on the ice (along with his relatively “young” age) in relation to the group of guys he was traded for and their current impact and their MAX possible potential that they seem to already be valued as before they actually reach that quality of player or value of asset.
I personally seem to rate Bean higher than most, and look at Sillinger and Boqvist lesser than most.
I’d be interested to see what people would hypothetically offer for Jones back. I’d do Sillinger+Boqvist easy.
Throw in Peeke for both Jones’.
I am sorry - I completely disagree with this whole line of thought . Bean is not higher than Sillinger and maybe tied with Boqvist. Last I have no interest in returning to the Jones train. I feel we are better set for future and Jones made his decision. I wish him the best but not coming back.